Tag: pakistani women
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Faysal Quraishi wants Pakistani women to cook this dish on Feb 8
Faysal Quraishi has a special request for Pakistani women and it involves the one dish we all love. In an Instagram story discussing the upcoming 2024 elections, he asked women to cook biryani on February 8, the day the country goes to vote. “I have a humble request to Pakistani mothers and sisters to definitely…
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Wakhri: a movie about the struggles faced by Pakistani women
The eagerly awaited film ‘Wakhri’ in Pakistan has been released in cinemas across the country. The film, written and directed by Iram Parveen Bilal, is produced by Abid Aziz Merchant, Apoorva Bakshi and Iram Parveen Bilal. After the success of Moula Jatt, Mandviwala Entertainment has signed up with ‘Wakhri’ for the distribution of the film.…
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Mariam Ansari talks about ‘mental breakdown’ after social media backlash
Mariam Ansari gave an interview to BBC Urdu titled “How to deal with body shaming and negative comments during pregnancy” which featured interviews from several women on how they dealt with bullying during pregnancy. The actress opened up about the backlash she recieved for her a pregnancy photoshoot. Ansari and her husband did a photoshoot…
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What was the backlash on Aurat March’s ‘people with uterus’ post all about? An organizer explains
Three days ago, the women rights movement Aurat March’s Karachi page uploaded a detailed statement on their Twitter account addressing the backlash surrounding the term ‘people with uteruses’. The term was used in a statement announcing a feminist baithak a few days ago, where women and people of other genders were invited to discuss the…
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What is the ‘boy math’ trend all about?
If you’re chronically online like the rest of us, you’ve probably noticed that among the top trends on Twitter is the term ‘boy math’. What even is this trend all about and why is it all the rage on social media? We got all the deets here. Boy math is a term that was begun…
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Social media is sharing controversial opinions about desi culture
What would be the most controversial, yet important take you have about desi society? A user on X posed this challenge to their followers, asking for opinions about every single aspect of desi society. Whether it is excessive body shaming, poor funeral etiquettes, division of household chores within family members, or wedding obsessions, desi social…
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Pakistani women are sharing their unpopular opinions about marriage on Twitter
If you could share an unpopular opinion about marriage, what would you say? Pakistani women are sharing cold hard facts with this trend on X (formerly Twitter), sharing their frank opinions about marriage. Since desi societies predominantly consider marriages to be a system arranged without a woman’s consent or opinion, many women shared what they…
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Mariam Ansari is not okay with holier-than-thou comments on her pregnancy shoot
Kuch behtar nahi hai apni zindagi mein karne kay liye than to think that a happy pregnant woman is doing something wrong with her life? Pakistanis are used to watching unhappy women both on screens and in their lives. When they watch a woman celebrating a pregnancy or being happy in her marriage, they see…
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Suspect arrested for harassing Srha Asghar released on bail due to non-cooperation of complainant
Update: According to the police, the man who was arrested for harassing actress Srha Asghar has walked free while the FIR against him will be dismissed due to non-cooperation of the complainant. Geo News reports that Inspector Javed Babar has said that when the harasser was produced in court on Friday, he denied the allegations.…
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TRIGGER WARNING: Lodhran court sentences man to 25 years in prison for raping daughter
A court in the Lodhran has sentenced a man to 25 years in prison and subjected to Rs 1,00,000 fine for torturing and raping his 15 year old daughter, as reported by Express Tribune. The rape case was filed by the survivor’s paternal aunt, Yasan, who revealed that she was suspicious when the father, Irshad,…